CC RES 2017-023 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO
THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2017.
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California
provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to
materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the
candidates' statements;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the
Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted
for at an Election to be held in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes on November 7, 2017
may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk.
The statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief
description of no more than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's education and
qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. The statement shall not
include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political
organizations. The statement shall be filed in typewritten form in the office of the City
Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The statement may be
withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00
p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2: FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate
candidates' statements into the following languages: Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean,
and Spanish.
b. Pursuant to state law, the City Clerk shall, at the request of the candidate,
provide a Spanish translation and printing of the candidate's statement in the English
version of the Voter Information Guide, at the expense of the candidate.
c. The County will print and mail a separate translated Voter Information
Guide, including the candidates' statements, for Los Angeles County-conducted
elections in the area where the City is located to those voters who are on the county
voter file as having requested a Voter Information Guide in Chinese, Hindi, Japanese,
Korean, or Spanish. The County will make the Voter Information Guide, including the
candidates' statements, in the City's required languages available on the County's
website, at all polling locations, and in the Election Official's office.
SECTION 3: CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS AVAILABILITY. Pursuant to
California Elections Code Section 13313, the City Clerk shall have all candidates'
statements made available for public examination in the City Clerk's office for a period
of ten (10) calendar days immediately following the filing deadline for submission of
those documents.
SECTION 4: PAYMENT.
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidate's statement into English, and Spanish, if requested by the candidate, in the
English version of the Voter Information Guide.
b. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing a
separate translated Voter Information Guide, including the candidates' statements, in
Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, or Spanish.
c. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling,
translating, and mailing the candidates statements filed pursuant to Section 13307 of
the Elections Code, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended. The City requires each candidate filing a statement to
pay in advance to the City his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having
his or her statement included in the Voter Information Guide. In the event the estimated
payment is required, the estimate is just an approximation of the actual cost that varies
from one election to another election and may be significantly more or less than the
estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing statements. Accordingly,
the City Clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the
candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid depending on the
final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the City Clerk may require the
candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the City
Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess
amount paid within thirty (30) days of the election.
SECTION 5: MISCELLANEOUS.
a. All translations shall be provided by professionally-certified translators.
b. The statement of each candidate shall be printed in uniform type, style
and spacing.
c. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set
forth by the California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and other
matters relating to elections.
SECTION 6: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the Voter Information Guide.
SECTION 7: That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's
representative a copy of this resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
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SECTION 8: All previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for
candidates' statements are repealed.
SECTION 9: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of May, 2017.
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I, Emily Colborn, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify that the
above Resolution No. 2017-23 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on May 16, 2I
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